Knowledge is a very useful thing, but it can also be very dangerous.
Knowledge coupled with obedience alone will bring spiritual life.
Knowledge without obedience, however, brings spiritual death. It is better not to have any knowledge at all, than to have knowledge and not obey.
Knowledge can be compared to the food we eat, and the digestive process to obedience. It is when food is digested that it becomes part of our body.
Rice and curry and meat and potato, are turned into flesh and bones – a miracle that is no less than water being turned into wine. And our bodies perform this miracle every day!!
But if the food we eat is not digested, then that food can kill us – because undigested food will rot inside our stomachs and make us sick.
Have you noticed when you vomit, that the food that comes out of your stomach stinks and tastes rotten? It may have been tasty steak or chicken curry when you ate it. But it had a very different taste when you vomited it out.
That’s also what happens when we accumulate knowledge and do not obey.
And that is why many Christians stink, spiritually.
The ones who stink the most are the ones who have the maximum amount of knowledge and the least amount of obedience.
Are we diligent to obey and live the truths we have known? Or do we stink?
Zac Poonen
Preacher/Author/Bible Teacher
© Zac Poonen
Your comments, thoughts or suggestions are welcome. The body text is by the author, the header and the words in italics are mine – John B. Samuel
Changi Chapel 
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